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The Canadian Institute of Resources Law (CIRL), a federal not-for-profit organization established in 1979 by the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary and the Marine and Environmental Law Institute at Dalhousie University Faculty of Law are organizing a national symposium Environment in the Courtroom: Protection of the Marine Environment. This symposium, funded by Environment and Climate Change Canada, is free of charge and can be attended in person at the Dalhousie University on October 13 & 14, 2016, or alternatively viewed online as a live webcast on the symposium dates.

This is the sixth national environmental law symposium organized by CIRL, a leading national centre of expertise on natural resources law and policy issues and our partners. During the last five years, practitioners, judges and academics from across Canada have attended and contributed to the discussion of current important environmental law issues. Attendees at previous symposiums have reported that the sessions are both practical and useful. We encourage questions from the audience after the presentations. The session papers, translated into both of Canada’s official languages, will be posted on the CIRL website.

Symposium OverviewThe environmental law symposium in Halifax will examine major issues that arise in the protection of the marine environment. The symposium will be conducted by some of the leading environmental law scholars and practitioners from across Canada, reflecting both civil law and common law perspectives. Topics to be discussed include: